I don't like Obama. Never said I did. I hope he steps aside for 2012, but he won't. Of course I don't like Rush...I said I hate hypocrits.

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"...he is about as entertaining as a train wreck. There is no subject he can not twist into his own brand of sarcasm and meaness. Like I said....he is a hypocrit of the worse kind. But if some find him entertaining....so be it..."

Sounds very much like a description of the "occupiers" of the WH and congress to me!!

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I have been in pain 24/7 for the past 6-7 years and am not now nor have I ever abused pain medication. I am not a big strong blowhard conservative and somehow I manage to not abuse meds. I see a pain doctor every few months for assistance in dealing with this almost debilitating pain. I can certainly relate to the pain but not to the abuse. Sometimes you just have to suck it up, put on your big boy pants and deal the hand you have been dealt....I am grateful that I can do as much as I can do, even if it hurts like hell. I know the alternative and that this is the better choice. At some point you have to make the decision to just get on with life.

And again...I also can not stand the hypocracy. He ragged constantly on the drug addicted and abusers while he was doing the same thing. Just like Newt ragged on Clinton while HE was doing the same thing.

I never said Rush had a monoply on being a hypocrit...there is plenty to go around. In both parties. Yes, in both. The supercommitte proved that quite well.

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sorry to learn that you must endure chronic pain, lady doc...i cannot imagine what that is like...but in fairness, i think the drug addicts whom rush would criticize are the ones who totally become useless, or terrible parents, or steal to feed their habit...not that this makes medication abuse excusable, but as in everything in life, there are differing degrees of dependence and situations. even the most terrible addicts i suppose have their story...only God should judge...but society must discern.

Thank you for your concern...sincerely.

There is some merit in what you say, but this reminds me of an old joke:

A doctor defines an alcoholic as someone who drinks more then they do.

I compare this joke to maybe Rush thinking OTHER people with addictions are "lower class" then he ie: become useless (I bite my tongue here), are terrible parents, etc.

There is always an excuse for behavior, there is frequently an explaination and sometimes a reason. But behavior is behavior...I think that is what you meant by society discerning.

Well, I heard what I heard. He said all federal taxes. That means, for example, no one would have to pay any income tax and there would be no corporate taxes for one year. What I thought was strange is that he didn't invite anyone to call in to comment on it and no one did. Could be that no one took it seriously but he was dead serious when he said it. I've been listening to him for about 18 years, so I think I know when he's serious.

Perhaps if we just wait a while, some other Rush listener will come along and verify what I have said. Otherwise, I have no way to prove it. I did a quick search and came up with nothing.

I've heard him discuss corporate taxes holiday's to jumpstart business expansion, but never total federal taxes.

Rush lost me as a listener long ago when he actually tried to defend his pronounciation of the word " schedule" in the manner our friends across the pond pronounce it (sed ule v sched ule). While listening to him debate this fact with a caller it struck me that this guy like many successful people reinvented himself. Beside which no matter what the issue he cannot be wrong. The same applies to the likes of Bill Maher and other political pundits. they are just so full of themselves that even when they hold a cogent debate I turn away. In the fact the only talk show host I really enjoyed was a guy called Joe Souceray (sp) in Minneapolis. he had a show called Garage Logic which was informative and fun because he didn't take himself seriously

Perhaps that is what we are missing in todya's poltical climate everybody is just so serious.....How many people do you know that still whistle? Yes I said whistle. My Dad whistled a lot so did Bing Crosby. Try whistling over the Holidays.....Every little breeze seems to whisper Louise...birds in the trees.....:wave:

Really, word pronunciation was the limit of your tolerance? Rush often mangles word pronunciation as a way of mocking someone who's considered smart. He does the same thing in embracing things his adversaries say about him and mocking his mockers in that way. For instance when he says he's the head of the Republican Party, he's making fun of being called that by a lame-brained liberal commentator who's name escapes me.

Still to each his own, but nobody is as politically intuitive as Limbaugh. You want to know what down the road he's the one to listen to. Just about never wrong.

Richielion in all due respect why would a big celeb like Rush defend himself for several minutes over a caller claim that he was being pretentious with pronouncement of a word. It speaks volumes of who this guy really is. People like him, Obama, etc just can't help but like to hear themselves speak.

Rush like Bill O'Reilly Hannity, and their liberal counterparts ask a question and then cut off the speaker and answer it. None of them appear to recognize when a period comes at the end of a sentence. If you invite a guest to your show or invite a called then have the courtsey to allow them to answer. It just so distracting so I stopped listening to these guys

It's Joe Soucheray, and yes he is brilliant. I like the Golf Channel show where Hank Haney tries to fix some golfer - watched him try to fix Charles Barkley and Ray Romano. His most recent pupil, at least the most recent I'm aware of, was limbaugh. I watched half of two episodes trying to get interested, but could not because of the incredible level of pomposity limbaugh brought to the table. I used to think his pompous act was just that, an act, but I have come to beleive it is his real personality. He has some interesting things to say, but his level of mean spiritedness put me off long ago.

eweissenbach: Thank you for the spelling lesson. You could learn so much from Joe Soucheray because it was all about fun sandwiched in between some serious issues

I guess he was entertained by the conversation and I'm not sure who was being pompous in that discussion.

Rush hasn't been the biggest thing on radio for as many years as he has by not knowing how to run his show. Some people don't deserve more time, especially if they're not quickly answering a question or are just borrrrringggg.

You're well informed enough without Limbaugh, so it's not vital for you to listen to him. I read and read and read some more, and whenever I get a chance I do listen to Rush's show, and I always hear an angle to a story I hadn't considered. But again, to each his own. I am also a guy who finds Coulter hilarious, informative and brilliant, so there's that to consider :)

Richie has a good point when he said each to their own, "But again, to each his own. I am also a guy who finds Coulter hilarious, informative and brilliant, so there's that to consider."

Personally, I find Bill Maher hilarious and brilliant. His humor is not venom like Coulter but is brilliant. I am glad that Richie says, "To each his own"